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- Title
Exercise improves long-term social and behavioral rhythms in older adults: Did it play a role during the COVID-19 lockdown?
- Authors
Cossu, Giulia; Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan Aviles; Minerba, Luigi; Demontis, Roberto; Pau, Massimiliano; Velluzzi, Fernanda; Ferreli, Caterina; Atzori, Laura; Machado, Sergio; Fortin, Dario; Romano, Ferdinando; Carta, Mauro Giovanni
- Abstract
The study aimed to verify whether exercise training in older adults can improve social behavioral rhythms (SBR) and if any modification is maintained over time. Older adults (n=120) from a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT), were randomly allocated to either a moderate-intensity exercise group or a control group. SBR was evaluated at t0, t26, and t48 weeks (during the COVID-19 lockdown), using the brief social rhythms scale (BSRS). Seventy-nine participants completed the follow-up (age 72.3±4.7, women 55.3%). An improvement in the BSRS score was found in the exercise group at 26 weeks (p=0.035) when the exercise program was concluded, and it was still maintained at 48 weeks (p=0.013). No improvements were observed in the control group. To conclude, social behavioral rhythms (SBR), previously found as a resilience factor in older adults during Covid-19, appear to improve after a moderate 12 weeks exercise program, and the improvement persisted even after stopping exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown.
- Subjects
OLDER people; STAY-at-home orders; COVID-19; RHYTHM; EXERCISE therapy
- Publication
Journal of Public Health Research, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2279-9028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/jphr.2021.2432